Romance
Summer Beach Reads
8 books, chosen and arranged by the Riley Locke desk.
A proper beach read is not an empty book — it is a book that moves at the speed of a free afternoon. These eight earn the tote bag: sun-drenched settings, banter that keeps pace with the tide, and just enough ache under the surface to survive the flight home. Ordered from pure sunshine to bittersweet, so pack accordingly.
From the encyclopedia: Summer Romance
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The genre-namer: two rival authors swap genres for a summer and discover the other's territory is harder — and closer — than it looks.
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Best friends, one trip a year, and the vacation that broke it. Friends-to-lovers with a sunburn and a bruise.
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An It-girl exiled to a Pacific fishing town and the sea captain who wants her gone. Grumpy/sunshine at golden hour.
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Six summers at the lake, one weekend of reckoning. Cottage-country nostalgia with a knife in it.
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A broken-up couple fakes it through one last group holiday in Maine. The beach read that doubles as an autopsy of a relationship — and a resurrection.
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Maui, free of charge, in the company of your sworn enemy. The funniest book on this list by a comfortable margin.
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Two people dumped by two people who then married each other, splitting the rent on mutual spite. Henry's warmest premise and a lake-town summer to match.
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A year abroad in London, a houseful of complications, and the particular chaos of being twenty and far from home. The list's youngest, breeziest entry.
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